Cat 225 pics

[Rockbreaker]

Is ther anybody out there who has pics of this great machines?
Seen around here and its not much of them here.
So if you have pics or stories of the 225 so bring them onopcorn

 

[Rockbreaker]

Well...

There is a old saying if you want something done,do it your self
So i have done some digging on the web to find some pics myself of this classic model

 

[HeyUvaVT]

how old are those machine...i am a bit of a "newbie" when it comes to older equipment...

 

[Rockbreaker]

how old are those machine...i am a bit of a "newbie" when it comes to older equipment...

Oldest is from 1976 and i would think the last one is from late 80s

 

[Reuben]

Its a 215 but it is in very good shape worth showing

 

[Rockbreaker]

Great looking that 215.
Some machines are lucky to have owners who takes care of them just like they where women:exactly
Or better...

 

[Construct'O]

I once had a 225, the year of the machine was 1978.It had a different boom then most.The boom was two pieced where you could adjust the length of the boom forward or backwards.Had three postions to pin the boom at.

It was suppose to help the machine lift more like when working with heavy pipe.The stick was a medium length stick.I was using a 72" ditch cleaning bucket on it at the time.Also had a 36" bucket with 6" side cutters

Which made that bucket cut 48" at the bottom up part way on the sides.

You don't see to many pictures of guys using the side cutter on the bucket.I just had good dirt,and muddy clay to work in,no rock.

The old machine was pretty stong runner for those days,lot more productive machine now days i would say.:usa

 

[pwrstroke6john]

Ive got pictures of 225s and 245s from when I was younger, ill try to find them.

 

[bobcat ron]

Did Cat actually build them, or did Mitsubishi build them for Cat back then?

 

[iceberg210]

I think the 200 series were built solely by Cat. Mitsubishi came in on the E series I think (like the E120 and E200). The 300 series was the big new cooperation. My only question is why did Cat produce the E series and the 200 series at the same time.

I may be looking for an older excavator for light duty work. So I was wondering on the 200 series Cats (like the 215 for example) did they have high pressure hydraulics? I've got an old old old American that has a crane undercarriage, leaking hydraulic system, low pressure hydraulics, and is simply too big for our uses on the farm. Would a Cat 200 series be a step up or just a different manufacture of the same generation of technology.

 

[992G]

The 200 series was all cat. The E series was done when Cat bought out the Mitsubishi excavators. They ran both of them for a little bit. Around this area, the 200 series was the choice of many. The EL series I belive were just about all Cat. They were very bad with pumps blowing up and putting debris through the whole system. When Cat decided to get rid of the 200 series, many people in this area bought new ones crazy.

Mitsubishi went on to make an excavator called MDI/Yutani for a few years. They were not suppose to after Cat bought them out, but they found some little loop hole.

As far as the 215 on the farm, should work out great. The hyd system pressure is roughly 4500 psi. Do not know what your current american should be at?

All in all, you can't go wrong by getting one.

 

[iceberg210]

How's that one lever steering work?
Oh course I usually use the pedals anyway. So the EL series wasn't that great eh?

 

[72V]

Been a while since I was around a 235C. One pedal makes you go forward, the other backward, and the stick moved side to side for steering.

 

[iceberg210]

Boy that sounds very difficult. At least not as easy as just a pedal for each track. That's what I like so you can run the controls and move the machine at the same time.

 

[Construct'O]

Been awhile ,so might not have it quite right.Not sure but you could use the stick for forward and reverse and turn left or right.Or you could use the pedals both down at top same time forward.

Then to counterotate use your heal on one and the toe top on the other which ever direction you wanted to turn.Both down same time with heal was reverse.

The stick in the middle had a button on the top which was the 2-speed i think.Like i said it has been awhile.I also think the 225 weighted in around 52,000 to 55,000 pounds.It was make only by Cat then. 30" pads or 32".I think it was about 11' 6" wide to the outside of the pads.

They was heavy so when in mud they was hard turning,especially if you was trying to counterotate in the mud.The travel was the weakest part of the machine it seem like to me.But i thought they dug pretty good.It would handle the 72" ditch cleaning bucket i had on it good,even in muddy clay with it heaped to the top,and reaching out all the ways.:usa

 

[928G Boy]

ah the joys of running 225s... i like to use my knee to control the middle stick when my hands are busy lifting the tracks during a turn... more challenging than simply using your feet in a 300 series hoe. That's about the only good thing i can say about my experience running a 225D... kind of a fun machine, but the one i ran has way too much slop in the pins... and no air conditioning or radio, and smashed up windows... lots of fun.

 

[Rockbreaker]

More pics..

Not much pics to see here?
Too old for you guys:ban

 

[Lashlander]

I'm not sure about the 225 but have 1000s of hours on a 235. Right peddle was forward. Left peddle was reverse. Stick side to side was steering. There were three positions to the stick. First position was track in neutral, second position was track locked, third position was track counter rotate. The button on top was to kill the travel alarm if you were traveling long distances. It reset itself every time you released the peddle. There was a spring loaded high speed button on the floor in front of the seat you activated with your heel. It didn't have a lot of power in high speed and was seldom used.

 

[RonG]

Lashlander has it right on the controls and buttons.They were a nice machine to run.Grease fittings in the cab for the swing gear and table.Sometimes the travel pedals would stick if you didn't keep them clean around the boot that the control rod went through under the pedal but stepping on the other pedal would allow you to refocus your eyes again)I used to oil those boots once in a while.You can tell when they are going to hang long before it actually happens if you are paying attention.
I still think that the system Cat used for their front window operation and storage was the best I have ever seen on an excavator.You could use either half depending on whether you were trenching or loading trucks to either stay dry/warm as the case may be.I think their biggest weak point was the boom cracking up near the stick pin.They all did it once they got some hours on them.
I worked through a tornado once without a drop of water in the cab.Ron G

 

[Lashlander]

I still think that the system Cat used for their front window operation and storage was the best I have ever seen on an excavator.You could use either half depending on whether you were trenching or loading trucks to either stay dry/warm as the case may be.I think their biggest weak point was the boom cracking up near the stick pin.They all did it once they got some hours on them.

I'll agree with Ron on this. However, I still have a dent in the top of my head from that window. I raised it once and went to digging. An hour later I ran into some rock. I guess it shock the cab enough that the window unlatched. It hit me hard enough that I didn't know for a few seconds what had happened. It drove that button on top of my hat into my head. I still have a dent there. I think the only thing that saved my life was I didn't have the bottom window in it so it only weighed about half of what it could have. I think when I put it up only one side snapped shut so when I shook it a little it released. I always made sure both sides were latched after that and it never happened again.
We broke two booms on it too. It snapped off about a foot behind where the boom cylinders attach. Snapped three sides. The top plate was all that was left holding it. Cat flew in and inspected it and decided it was a bad casting and gave us a new one. 20,000 hours later we broke it again. It broke one of the ears off where it attached to the machine. We sold it as is. A scrap yard bought it and fixed the boom. They still use it daily.